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title: Ruins of Southern California
date: 2006-08-08T16:29:29Z
source: https://web.archive.org/web/20060617191327/http://blogging.la/archives/2006/05/ruins_of_southern_california.phtml
tags: travel, guide

---

So after [posting about the Sunken
City](/web/20060617191327/http://blogging.la/archives/2006/05/where_the_sunken_city_ends.phtml),
I began thinking about the various ruins and ruined things scattered
acros Southern California. Personally, I only know of three of them, but
I am sure that there are many more that I am ignorant of.

Here is what I have so far:

[![The Ocean Is Eating This
Place](/web/20060617191327im_/http://static.flickr.com/50/152003397_6d1ab2dfe8_s.jpg)](/web/20060617191327/http://www.flickr.com/photos/dsnet/152003397/ "Photo Sharing")1.
[Sunken
City](/web/20060617191327/http://blogging.la/archives/2006/05/where_the_sunken_city_ends.phtml):
Remains of a neighborhood perched upon a cliff in San Pedro, now falling
apart more and more with each rainstorm. Many pieces of sidewalk and
street are scattered at crazy angles throughout the area. \

[![Hull of the
Dominator](/web/20060617191327im_/http://static.flickr.com/43/78043069_ca3cbcd7da_s.jpg)](/web/20060617191327/http://www.flickr.com/photos/dsnet/78043069/ "Photo Sharing")2.
[The
Dominator](/web/20060617191327/http://hexod.us/a/2005/12/wreckage_of_the.html):
The wreck of the Greek freighter, Dominator, which crashed just off the
coast of Palos Verdes. The rusting hull paints the shoreline rocks
orange as oxidization takes its inevitable course.\

[![Remains of Echo
House](/web/20060617191327im_/http://static.flickr.com/21/99765468_f2e35bbb8c_s.jpg)](/web/20060617191327/http://www.flickr.com/photos/dsnet/99765468/ "Photo Sharing")3.
[Echo Mountain
House](/web/20060617191327/http://hexod.us/a/2006/02/ruins_of_echo_m.html):
The remains of a mountaintop resort above Altadena. A century ago there
was transport to the top, and a railway up here. Now we just see hotel's
foundation and giant rusting gears.\

[![Belmont
Tunnel](/web/20060617191327im_/http://static.flickr.com/18/22729414_d77b73e5ac_s.jpg)](/web/20060617191327/http://www.flickr.com/photos/dsnet/22729414/ "Photo Sharing")UPDATE:
4. [Belmont
Tunnel](/web/20060617191327/http://www.westworld.com/~elson/larail/PE/tunnel.html):
A trolley tunnel cum graffiti yard/tarrasca court, seen in many movies,
and recently deceased despite the best efforts to Save Belmont. You can
check out the history on [Graffiti
Archaeology](/web/20060617191327/http://www.otherthings.com/grafarc/)
though or the [Belmont Tunnel
group](/web/20060617191327/http://flickr.com/groups/belmonttunnel/) on
Flicka.\

[![Old
Zoo](/web/20060617191327im_/http://static.flickr.com/4/8653192_9a89f796da_s.jpg)](/web/20060617191327/http://www.flickr.com/photos/dsnet/8653192/ "Photo Sharing")UPDATE:
5. [Old
Zoo](/web/20060617191327/http://www.flickr.com/photos/dsnet/sets/219727/):
The former site of the Los Angeles Zoo, in Griffith Park, which was
closed in 1965 and everything was moved upstream to the current locale.
No animals anymore. Just empty cages and picnic tables. Thanks
[Krazydad](/web/20060617191327/http://krazydad.com/)!\

So what else is there? If you know of any more(and I am sure there
plenty), please add em on to the comments, and let's see what
archaeological wonders are in our own backyard!

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